Genoa

Italian : Genova
English : Genoa

The central city and port city of Liguria , located in northwest Italy . It borders the Mediterranean Sea . As a major port city in Italy, even the old city center has undergone rapid modernization and redevelopment, so it is evaluated as having less things to see compared to other Italian cities such as Venice or Naples . Nevertheless, it still has a dizzyingly dense old town and many palaces that retain the appearance of wealthy Genoa.

Transportation leads to Milan -Florence -Rome , Italy's Gyeongbu Line , which is inconvenient. In addition, like Gangneung , the city is a very cramped city with a narrow area between the Aennino Mountains and the coast and the valley. It is a eavesdropping site of Xenovado .

It is estimated to have been inhabited since around 5000 BC, making it one of the longest-inhabited cities in the world.

Since the 5th century B.C.E., the Ligurians have built up the city, but they were destroyed by Carthage in 209 B.C.E. because of the Roman side during the Second Poeni War . Nevertheless, the war ended with Rome's victory and could be rebuilt again.

After the destruction of each other , the kingdom of Donggot and the Langobard Kingdom took place, and in 934, they were invaded by the Fatima dynasty .

In the Middle Ages, it was a powerful city-state that competed with the Republic of Venice for supremacy in Mediterranean trade . See Republic of Genoa .

There are records of walls being built since the 10th century, and the most recent in the 19th century. Genoa is also the city with the longest walls in Italy, as most of its battles were fought at sea. The walls, built in the 17th century along the city’s hillsides, are over 20 km long.

He once dominated Corsica Island, but in 1768 he sold it to the French kingdom because of the independence struggle of the residents. If it had not been sold at this time, Napoleon Bonaparte, who seemed to be the corsica village , might have become Italian .[10] Monaco , dominated by Genoa's leading family, Grimaldi family, became an independent princess.

During the French Revolutionary War , the Republic of Genova was destroyed, and the Republic of Riguria, the puppet of the first Republic of France , entered and merged into the territory of France under France's first empire . Later, through the Vienna Conference , the kingdom of Sardinia merged with the entire Genova territory, and was incorporated into the territory of Sardinia-Piemont's kingdom, and the kingdom of Sardinia-Piemont unified Italy to declare the Italian kingdom , leading to the unification Italy Riguria.

It is the 6th largest city in Italy with a population of 600,000 within the city, 800,000 in the metropolitan area and 1,500,000 in the metropolitan area.

It has a warm Mediterranean climate all year round , and despite its latitude of 44 degrees north, the average annual temperature is a whopping 16.6 degrees, which is higher than Jeju City in South Korea and slightly lower than Seogwipo. Even though there is an 11 degree difference in latitude.

Compared to other regions in the eastern latitude, it is the warmest place in the world, and compared to the coldest region, Russia's Primorsky Krai , the average annual temperature differs by a whopping 14 degrees. This is the difference between Korea (approximately 13 degrees) and Jakarta , Indonesia (approximately 27 degrees), making it difficult to believe that they are at the same latitude.

The reason for this is that Genoa's mountainous and forested terrain plays a big role. The city faces the coast, so it receives a constant supply of mild air from the Mediterranean, while the cold air coming down from the north is completely blocked by the mountains in winter. On the other hand, in the eastern part of Eurasia, including the Maritime Province, a very strong continental high pressure develops in winter, and as the westerly wind moves it to the eastern end of the continent, the temperature drops extremely low. Due to the forest-filled vegetation environment, the land does not receive enough heat even in summer, which limits temperature rise, resulting in an extremely low average annual temperature.

It is a place where shipbuilding, machinery, aerospace, and energy industries are developed, and as a descendant of the Republic of Genoa, the shipping industry is also developed. Although Genoa Airport exists, much more goods enter and exit through the port. Trade mainly takes place with other ports within Italy or with nearby European countries.

Together with Milan and Turin , it forms an Italian industrial triangle.

Cristoporo Colombo International Airport is located.

Basil pesto , one of the most famous Italian sauces among Koreans, is a specialty of this region. Pizza noodles topped with basil pesto are called 'Genovese Pizza.'

In addition, several nobles’ museums are used as art galleries. If you have the Genoa Museum Pass, you can tour all the museums in Genoa for 15 euros (as of 2023) for 24 hours.

In 1942, it was the only place where the Italian national football team won 4 :0 against the Croatian national football team .[11]

Professional soccer teams Genoa CFC and UC Sampdoria are based in this city. They share the Stadio Luigi Ferraris .

The famous Christopher Columbus (Christophoro Colombo) was from Genoa. There is also a nice statue in front of Piazza Principe Station (Genoa Central Station). So, in 1992, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Age of Discovery in 1492, Spain Co-hosted the Expo with Seville . See 1992 Genoa Expo .

It is the hometown of Italian unification activist Giuseppe Mazzini , famous architect Renzo Piano , and famous singer Sabrina .

Pio Germi from the Metal Slug series and Pietro Conti from Age of Explorations 2 are said to be from here. There is also a setting that Rose from the Street Fighter series is a famous fortune teller in this city.

It is the background city of the soccer cartoon “Soccer King, Shooting Dori,” which was popular in Korea .

Caesar Antonio Zeppeli from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is from Naples , but in the pirated version of Megaton Man, he was translated as being from Genoa, the most well-known Italian city at the time of publication .

Finding Mom , Marco, Sammann, goes to Argentina in Genoa to find her mother Anna.

Sometimes it is confused with Geneva , Switzerland .

In the Castlevania anime version, it is destroyed by Isaac .

2018 On August 14 (local time), an accident called the Morandi Bridge Collapse in Genoa occurred here .